Before you send a deposit for a kitchen, staircase, extension or car, see who is really behind the website — from the official registers, in about a minute.
No sign-up. We look up Companies House, HMRC, Nominet, the trade registers and Google's advertiser register.Names changed. Every figure comes from a public register.
We never call anyone a scam. We show you what the website claims, what the register records, and where the two disagree — then you decide. A red flag is always shown free; green and amber come with the full verification.
A UK company at least three years old, accounts filed on time, real reviews going back a year or more, and nothing on the website that the register contradicts.
In the full report, with deposit guidance and a contract checklist.
The company exists, but something doesn't line up: a very new company, a one-person firm describing a factory, no reviews, or a registration address shared by hundreds of businesses.
Most reports land here. In the full report, with exactly what to ask.
We couldn't find any UK legal entity behind the brand, the site is a copy of another company's, or a director has a recent history of dissolved firms.
Always shown in the free check. If you've already paid, the full report explains how to recover a deposit.
Because the brand on the website and the company on the invoice are not always the same thing — and only one of them will owe you the money back.
Read why it mattersWhat a check does, what it can't do, and who it's for. Five minutes.
Most deposits go by bank transfer. If the company folds or was never the company you thought, that is not fraud in the bank's eyes — and there is no refund.
“Family-run for 20 years”, “our own workshop”, a logo wall of accreditations — none of it is checked by anyone. The register is.
Companies House, HMRC, the trade registers, domain records: all public, all free, all tedious. We read them so you don't have to.
Once the transfer has gone, the questions get harder and the answers cost more. Before you pay, three questions and a company number settle most of it.
One address in, one verdict out. Every step reads from a public register — nothing is guessed.
Just the address. No account, no email, no card.
We find the legal entity behind the brand and pull its filings, directors, domain history and adverts from the registers — then compare every claim on the website against them.
Green, amber or red, with each fact next to its source. The full report adds deposit guidance and the three questions a genuine firm answers in a sentence.
Nothing here is an opinion. Each line is a fact from a public source, or a comparison between two of them.
The company that will be on your contract and invoice, its owners, and any changes of name or address in the last 90 days.
Red flag: No UK company found behind the brand.
The activity filed at Companies House, set against what the site claims to do.
Red flag: “Our own factory” from a firm registered for installation only.
Other companies the directors have run, how many were dissolved or liquidated in the last five years, and whether anyone is on the disqualified directors register.
Red flag: A director with three dissolved firms since 2022.
Incorporation date, domain registration and the first capture in the Internet Archive.
Red flag: “Twenty years of craftsmanship” from a company incorporated last spring.
Employees, net assets and any registered charges from the latest filing — this sets the ceiling for a sensible deposit.
Red flag: Accounts overdue, or a £2,000-asset company asking for £15,000 up front.
Real office or a mailbox shared with hundreds of companies; landline or mobile only; own-domain email or a free mailbox with no mail security set up.
Red flag: Mobile number only and a Gmail address.
Gas Safe, NICEIC, FENSA, TrustMark and the FCA register — checked against what the website claims, and against what the trade legally requires.
Red flag: A Gas Safe logo on the site, no entry on the Gas Safe register.
Google's and Meta's advertiser registers show the verified name behind every ad. Often it is not the brand you clicked on.
Red flag: Ads paid for by a company in a different country.
Google, Trustpilot, Checkatrade and Houzz: how many, how old, and whether they arrived in a natural rhythm or forty in one week.
Red flag: Zero reviews anywhere for a “well-established” firm.
Text lifted from other companies' sites, and gallery photos that appear elsewhere on the web or are renders rather than photographs.
Red flag: The “About us” page matches a firm 200 miles away, word for word.
Every statement on the website we could test — years trading, “family-run since”, own workshop, staff numbers, accreditations, guarantees — side by side with what the official record says.
The free check counts them. The full report shows each one and how much it matters.
The free check tells you who you would be paying and whether anything is seriously wrong. A full report completes the verification: the verdict, every website claim against the register, directors, accounts, deposit guidance and what to ask. One report is £14.99 from inside any check; packs are cheaper.
For choosing between two quotes.
For a project with several trades: kitchen, stairs, windows, builders.
For a renovation with many trades and stage payments over months.
A single full report is £14.99 from inside any check. A report costs a fraction of the deposit it protects; if our sources are down and we can't complete a check, you are not charged.
Most people are choosing between quotes, or paying one firm in stages over months. Both need more than one snapshot.
Run every firm you are considering and see them side by side: verdict, years on the register, accounts, reviews and deposit guidance for each. The cheapest quote is often the newest company.
Companies change between the deposit and the final payment. We re-check every firm on your project weekly and email you the moment something on the register moves.
Every alert links to the filing it came from.
For genuine businesses
Your customers are nervous about deposits, and a copied website can't show a company number, years on the register or filed accounts. Yours can. The badge is free, live and links to your report.
How it looks on your site
One line of HTML. The badge reads from the live report, so it always shows the current record — never a screenshot.
Anyone about to send money to a company they found online.
Examples from real reports. Names changed; every figure from a public register.
Kitchens, staircases, extensions, windows, driveways — anything with a deposit and a lead time.
Kitchen fitter asking £6,800 up front
Company 11 months old, net assets £2,100, registered for installation only. Guidance: 25–50% is normal for kitchens — pay the first stage by card.
Dealers and brokers whose forecourt is a website. The register shows who actually holds the stock.
Online dealer, £2,000 “reservation fee”
No UK company behind the brand. Site text matches a dealership in Leeds word for word. Domain registered 6 weeks ago.
A parent, a partner, a friend. Paste the link they were sent; the free check shares with one link and any red flag is in the first line.
“Dad had the bank transfer half-typed.”
The company on the invoice was four months old and registered to a mailbox in Mayfair. He asked the three questions; they never replied.